Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-07-17

putting on the colors, which brings out
the salient features Of the painting"
So this impOsture method, 1t seems Is
really gaining ground, and this picture,
with the soldier-Overcost sky and green
chenille grass and gargetty distance,
would no doubt be worth in Paris Sl3 or
$14.
No. "a is a picture by Charles Durand
entitled, "a Country Woman in Cham
payne" / was bitterly disappointed IN
this picture, for though the woman seems
to be in good spirits the artist has utterly
failed to grapple fully with his subject,
and without the catalogue in his hand |
would defy the most brilliant cOnnOisseur
to say definitely whether or not she is un-
der the influence of liquor.
We next walk around to No. log, q PIC
ture by Camille Pissaro.
NJ. Pissaro has ten pictures in the Acad-
envy, but this one is the best. 1t Is made
by the squirt system Of painting, gralnlng
and kalsomining which is now becoming
so a la mode and rouge ct noir. The artist
tells me that the colors are carefully ar
ranged in a tin pail and applied TO the
canvas by means of n squirt gun or Rem-
brandt stomach pump. This gives the
painting a beautiful, yet dappled, appear
anee, which could not be obtained with a
brush.
The picture is worth So of any mans
money, for the frame is worth 81, and
there is at least a dollars worth Of paint
on the picture that is just as good rs ever.
The artist has handled the feet in a master
ly manner, bringing them out so that they
hang over the frame like a thing of life.
II l could paint feet as NJ. Pissaro does l
would not spend my life stripping buggies
i'm a close room among coarse men with
putty on their pantaloOns, but | would
burst forth from my humble surround
ings, and / would attract the atten-
ton of the whole great world Of art with
nv massive and heroic feet. Then from
this | would gradually get so that could
make pictures that would resemble people.
There is no reason why Mr.. Pissaro should
not do we'll in that way, for he has painted
No. III, a Woman at a Well" in which
the most unkempt and uncultivated peas
ant can at once distinguish which is the
woman and which is the well. He is also
the author Of Spring" Il squirt study
with a blue rash, which has broken out
where the sky ought to be.
No. 1856 is the Execution of Maximil-
lam by Edouard Manet, n foreign artist.
The scene is laid at the base of an old
Mexican slaughter-hOusc. In the fore
ground may be seen the rear Of the Next
can army, with it's wealth of tournure and
cute little gored panties. All Mexican
troops have their trousers gored at the
hips. Sometimes they often have them
gored at the bullights which take place
there, In the contiguous distance Maxi
milan NAV be seen wearing the hat which
has evidently Infatuated the Mexican pOpu-
lace. The artist says that Macmillan
objects to being shot, but l pretend not to
hear him, and he repeats the remark, so |
have to say, VERY good, very good" and
then we pass on to No. 90, which is enti-
tied Dreams" by Previs de C%havannes.
In this picture 4 weary man, who has
worn himself ont sleeping in haystacks
and trying to solve the labor problem, so
that the great curse OF industry may be
wiped out and the wealthy man made to
nav the taxes while the poor man assists
in sharing the burden of dividends, is lying
on the ground with pleasant smile on his
face. He is asleep, with his mouth slight
ly aiar, showing how his teeth are fasten-
ed in their places. He is smiling in his
slumber, and there is hay in his whiskers.
Three decalcOmanic angels are seen tasten'
ed To the sky in the form of a tableau.
One is scattering cookies in his pathway,
while the second has a laurel wreath
which is offered ut II great reduction, rs
the owner il about to leave the city for the
summer. These are the new style of wing
less angels recently introduced into art
and now becoming very popular.
Mr.. Chavannes is also the mechanic who
constructed Il picture numbered 81 and
called the Poor Fisherman" The history
of this little picture is full of pathOs. The
scene is laid in Newark Bay, n. J. A poor
fisherman and his children 90 ont TO spend
the day, taking their lunch with them.
80 papa, let US take two or three cueum.
bers with our lunch" says one Of the chill
dren, In glee.
Very we'll, my child" exclaims the
father, with il~l-concealed delight. &c
down to the market and get one for each
Of u.s."
The artist has chosen to make his study
of the fisherman q short time after lunch.
The father is engaged in regretting some
thing which it is now too late to recall.
Cholera infantum has overtakenthe younger
child and the other q gathering lObelia for
her father. The picture is wonderful In
its conception and execution. One can see
that he is a poor fisherman, for he has not
caught any fish, and the great agony he
- =. l..kal -. H. Eoaa onI Aha altf
tude of his hair. The picture might have
been called q battle-piece or q French in.
terror, with equal propriety.
Manet had several bright and CHEEKY
bits Of color, among them No. ia Spring
at Giyerny," which might be called
Fourth of July in a Roman candle factory
without misleading the thoughtful art stu
dent.
No. 156, Meadows in G~iverny," by the
same man, is a study in connecting the
foreground and background ofan oil paint
ing by means of purple hay and dark blue
punches of boneset in such a way as to de-
ceive the eye.
| have always bitterly regretted that
while / was abroad | did not go to Giverny
and see the purple hay and the navy-blue
tansy and water cress which grow there in
such great abundance. How often We go
hurrying through the country, seeing the
old and well-worn features shown rs by
the professional guides and tourists, for
getting or overlooking more important
matters, like n scene in France, No. l42,
entitled "Women Bathing" l presume ]
was within three-quarters Of a mile Of this
view, and yet came home without knowing
anything about it.
No. 123, "Diana Surprised" is no doubt
the best picture in the whole collection,
The tall and beautiful figure of Diana in
the middle distance, in the act Of being
surprised, is we'll calculated to appeal tC
any one with a tender heart or a few extrs
clothes. Diana has just been in swimming
with her entire corps de ballet, aud on
coming out of the water is surprised to find
that some one has stolen her clothes. The
artist has very happily caught the attitude
and expression at the moment when
she was ahout 10 offer n reward for them.